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William N. McCrory of 322 Vine avenue recently received his disâ€" charge after 43 months in the army, the past 2 years of which were‘ spent in the European theaâ€" ter of operations. He and his wife are now visiting his parents,â€" Mr. and Mrs. Johnston McCrory of Pharr, Texas. ‘The McCrory famiâ€" ly were former residents of Ravinâ€" in before moving to the Rio Grande valley in Texas two years ago to make their home. § Wm. N. McCrory Discharged After 46 Months In Army Of . the hundreds of pictures you‘ve sent us, we‘ve enjoyed 10. ‘The others were poor and only fair. Most of them rated about C or D in our books. NAMES SIX BEST ... .Of the 10 we liked, only â€"six were outstanding. _ They are, "Goâ€" ing My Way," "Valley of Decisâ€" ion," ‘*‘Rhapsody in Blue,",.‘"Kiss and Tell," "Our Vines. Have Tenâ€" der Grapes," and "Bells of St. Mary‘s." Like many newspaper editors, you patronized us You thought we were mentally retarded. * You thought we didn‘t know what fine writing and acting is. You thought, evidently, that our tastes were unâ€" educated, that we didn‘t know, perâ€" haps, about the better things in life. I guess we ergoyed "Going My Way" best. _ Afid who didn‘t? There was warmth in that movie; there was depth and fine writing andâ€"fine acting. â€" And, most of all, there was a lesson; a lesson that stuck; a lesâ€" son that made us feel that what we were Tighting for was real and good se x * * â€"Thut picture jarred our thinkâ€" ing. It stirred up the creative thoughts which rest in every perâ€" Dear Hollywood:‘ ® In the last 36 months I‘ve seen 500 movies. Some of my friends have seen over 1,000. We feel, therefore, that we might be qualiâ€" fied critics, and we want to pass along some suggestions to you about your productions and your people. C > ie ‘ Why is it, Hollywood, that with al} your money, you can‘t give us more pictures like these? OUR CHIEF ENTERTAINMENT * Yes, there were a couple of othâ€" ers.â€" But we can‘t remember them now You see, Hollywood, movies are our chief form of entertainment. In some places they were our only form of entertainment for months. We needed you. But you let us down. Way down. wrong. Dead wrong. "GOING MY WAY" BEST ... Well, Hollywood, you _ were 445 WAUKEGAN AVENUE HONOLULU, T. H.â€" Cpl. Whitt N. Schuits <*‘‘ficial U 8. Army Correspondent) ERMINE CLEANERS It is the spirit of men and women who throw off the impediments of yesterday ang determine to make a better start for today. s As we enter the year 1946 we raise a toast to our many good friends, with the hope that each succeeding day may. bring you nearer to coveted goals. Mappy New Year to you! NEW YEAR‘S > ISs MORE THAN A DAY! Open Letter to Hollywood iSpecial to The Highland Park Press) Lieut. Cdr. Robert B. Fox, 188 Lakeside Manor road, â€"Highland Park, has been discharged, after honorable service in the navy, at the personnel separation center in San Francisco, Calif. Lt. Leslie Rankin Receives Discharge Honolulu,â€"T.â€"H..â€" (Special) â€" _Lt. (igPf Heslie A. Rankin, Jr., of Highland~Park, has received his Lt. Cdr. Robert Fox Receives Discharge From Navy Service son‘s mind. Indeed, it made us better persons â€"â€"â€" and we all can improve. In a few days 1946 will be here. "t is your year. You can do much to improve America in 1946. You ~an inspire, entertain, and eduâ€" We believe in you. We know you can befter the nation if you went to. s You see, Hollywood, that picâ€" ture was a positive approach to life. It showed us Religion‘s place ble, She is â€"a devoted Mother first: an actréss second. We wish, Hollywood, that you had given us more actresses with as much poise and as much refinement. IMPROVE IN 1946 .. in the world.‘ It showed us that Religion ~ was as â€" necessary in life as foog. INGRID BERGMAN TOPS . _ The other five pictures were not only entertaining, they made us feel good. They made us say, "That was an excellent movie." You should try to get such reâ€" actions more often, Hollywood . . . Since Pearl Harbor you‘ve built many stars, ~Most of them will fal soon.. Only a few, a very few, will slay on top. You know who they are: Ingrid â€" Bergman, â€" Margaret O‘Brien, Greer Garson, Gregory Peck, and a couple of others. Your Bacalls, Sinatras, _ Graâ€" bles, and so ons, will not last. You know that. Then, for heaven‘s sake, why don‘t you set your stanâ€" dards higher? Why don‘t you deâ€" mand the best and, in turn, give us the best? * ; We want it. Ingrid Bergman is not only loveâ€" ly and talented, she is quality. Mer home life, we hear, is impeccaâ€" 1 lease come e through for us Sincerely, GI JOE honorable discharge and "is going home from Air Transport squadron 11, the navy‘s largest transport operating squadron. The squadron, landplane unit of the Pacific wing of the Naval Air Transport service, flies 100 fourâ€" engine Skymasters nearly three miillion miles a month between the Orient and Oakland, Calif. T. 4 Stanley C. Gibbs Ready for Discharge Miss Adeline Ramond Scene Designer for Among the 10 boys and . two wirls who arrived at the local hosâ€" vnital during the two weeks before Chrisstmas, there was only one Christmas baby. And that one, an outâ€"ofâ€"towner. _ The parents are Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard Halste of Northbrook. _ Almost on the line were the sons of Mr. and Mrs. John Nemic, of Ft. Sheridan, and . Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fenwick, 2035 Prairie, who both arrived on the 24th. _ Little Charles Frederick Fenwick, a most remarkable child‘ (we have the father‘s word for it) weighed 7 pounds 1% ounces upâ€" on arrival. ~He is their first. Technician 4th grade Stanley C. Cibbs, whose wife lives at 1267 East St., returned to the United States aboard the support carrier USS Saginaw Bay, with more than 1,300 other soldiers ready for disâ€" churge. The group, which arrived Dez. 4, in San Fedro, Calif., comâ€" prised the first army unit carried by the Saqginaw Bay since the ship joined the navy‘s "magic carpet" fleet carrying . Pacific . veterans home. New Haven, Conn., Dec. 20. â€" Miss Adcline Ramond, daughter of Albert Ramond of 1069 Mosely Rd., Ravinia, was scene designer for the first major production of the Yale university department of drama during the current term. The play, "Gideon," an historiâ€" ~al melodrama, consisting of three acts, deals with religious fanatiâ€" ~ism during New York‘s yellow feâ€" ver epidemic in 1822. Based on hisâ€" torical fact, it is a record of the life and activities of Robert Matâ€" thews, who called himself "The Prophet." Author of the play is Randolph Goodman, holder of a Rockefeller Foundation fellowship in playwritâ€" ing in the Yalel department of drama. The play was directed by Edward C. Reveaux, assistant proâ€" fessor of play production and diâ€" rector of the current Broadway show "Are You With It?" Miss ~Ramond graduated from Colorado college in 1942. This is her second year at the Yale departâ€" ment â€"of drama as a student of stage design. _ . Outâ€"ofâ€"town babies were a girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Savâ€" age of Chicago, on December 11, and sons to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Dahl of Winnetka, on the 13th and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Lebo of Glenâ€" coe, op Dec. 22. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Clayton of Fort Sheridan on the 13th. Boys were born to Mr. and Mrs. Guido Corsini, 5 Clay, on the 13th, Mr. and Mrs: Frank Cimarriesti, 243 North, on the 12th, and Sgt LOOK WHO‘S HERE! § QW \\; I///./‘/é (LOCAL STORK CLUB) AT THE" STRONKE oF 12â€" © The midnight hour strikesâ€"and, presto! We shed our worried old selves and enter a new world of light, merriment, good cheer and With firm faith in the future, we enter the year 1946 heartened by your constant consideration for us, and hoping that the New Year will be rich in good cheer and blessings for THE PRESS DAIRY Robert Patterson Tells â€"â€" (Continued from page 1) when our forces broke through to the Rubr river. Beginning of the End "Starting at 2:45 one day, our forces laid down what is said to sistance. ©Our gas gave out on the banks of the Ian river, (the Ausâ€" trianâ€"German border) and while awaiting supplies orders came to cease fire. guard duty, n-dnclpdvflh- and fixing up their papers, and â€" beginning to train for Pacific warâ€" Several times Robert owed his life to the cloudy weather, which permitted many Americans to slip through enemy lines to their from their own outfits. Though slightly wounded five times, he reâ€" quired no hospitalization; > Yankee Sense of Humor * The thing which saved American morale, Robert states, was their sense of humor, which kept them from cracking under strain. * One fellow * could imitate a speech, word for word, after one hearing. A slight fellow, he resemâ€" So . . . after donning his first civvies, the no doubt well meaning lady who demanded to know why he was not in uniform brought forthâ€". this reply: ‘"Well, I have fought my draft board for four years and have thus far managed toâ€"keep out." non â€"oek$ barrages in the history of warfare. Then, with the bridgehead forced, it was a fairly straight line to the Rhine with little resistance. From on and contact the Russians, which bled, somewhat. ‘a highâ€"ranking British general who had made a preparation speech to the Yanks. This chap had a hat like the genâ€" eral‘s, and when the tension got too high he would dor this hat and deliver the speech, word for word. It was an hilarious success, and, more than once, saved the day. Souvenir of the War and «Mrs. Raymond Bartlet, 1631 Plug.at, on the 23rd;â€"all of Highâ€" Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Leuer, 844 Centerfield, named their little son, 2ist. fare." On April 10, 1945, the Ameriâ€" cans captured a small town in Gerâ€" many at 4 a.m.. One hour later 15 special elite guard jumped in from the next town, and the colâ€" onel sought refuge in the house where Robert happened to be at the time. They met in the doorâ€" way. The colonel, a spic and span typical Prussian officer, cleanâ€" shaven and wellâ€"decorated, showed some reluctance to being captured by a Pfc, which was Robert‘s rank at the time. But, apparently, he overcame his scruples, for Robert now . venir born on the 17th, Joe John. Mrs. William McDonald, 359 Lauâ€" rel, ordered a girl, who arrived on The Raiph Armstrongs, 371 Cenâ€" tral, became the parents of a boy on the 19th, also Mr. and Mrs. James Collins, 146 S. First, on the Katherine Grace Just ‘to be different, Mr. and possesses his pistol as a souâ€" THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM A place for quint and study, where the Bible, fl&m.luuh read, borrowed, or purchased s 43 NORTH SHERIDAN ROAD Maintained by. First Church of Christ,* Scientist Highland Park, Hinois days after J&fiap in the grade they held at the time of enlist before February 1, 1946. 2 THE LAST DAY this privilege expires on January 31. * ) January 31 enlist beforé February 1 will There‘s a long list of attractive grade is one of them, but this pri‘v-i'{e.e exvires on There a'r:ypl-e:-lyy of other d-uhw-?‘l.-l::; day.,â€"You‘ll certainly want to know all of the opportunities hem ‘cubdally, you‘ll know T7 AuJus, in the mew nee Men now in the Araz whe m-&lmfi in Addition to Feoed, Ledping, Clother aud Madical Care PAY PER MONTHâ€" (a)â€"Plus 20% Increase for Service Overseas. (b) â€"Ptus 50% if Member of Fiying Crews, Parachutist, etc. (c) â€"Ptus 5% Increase in Pay U. S. ARMY for Each 3 Years of Service. 8t A "OUARDIAN OF VICTORY" ATR, Gmouwe, sERVICE roacts SEE THE JOB THROUGH Shelton‘s Fountain Grill in the World." Hours: Week Days FOR MEN NOW IN THE ARMY TO RETAIN THEIR PRESENT GRADES BY â€"REENLISTING . . .4 spirit of 1946 is Progress. So let us Inlmflcflu-bhm- thing a little bit better thah last year, to take advantage of every available opporâ€" assure for ourselves a happier community of happier homes. As for ourselves, we will leave no stone unturned to give you still better values and a still higher grade of service in te year to come. And so, wishing you all a very Happy New Year, we join with you in giving a royal welcome to 1946. + t P cm "REC" Act of 1945, The 11 S. St. Johns Ave. or First Sergeant $138.00 Technical Sergeant 114.00 Private First Class disâ€" 9:80 am to 5:30 pm 9:30 am to 9:00 pm 2:80 pm to 5:30 pm Thursday, Dec. 27, 1945 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NEW ENLISTMENT PROGRANM (1â€"year enlistments permitted for men now in Army with 6 months‘ service.) 2. Enlistment age from 17 to 34 years inclusive, except for men now in Army, ho may reouliet at on mpe. if they reenlist within 20 days after discharge and before February 1, 1946. bonus to $50 for each year of active service since such bonus was last paid, or since last entry into service. * food, quarters and clothing in Army 6. I 90 day ru %.fllg -‘m: travel to home and return, for men now in Army who enlist. 7. A 30â€"day furiough every year at full pay. 8. Musteringâ€"out pay (based upon 9. Option to retire at half pay for life after 20 years‘ serviceâ€"increasing to Tice. Jt provious attive Podoret matt 1. Enlistments for 1%, 2 or 3 years. of service) to all men who are NEW YEAR WAUKEGAK gea970 $1353.25